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	<title>Every Patient&#039;s Advocate &#187; Blamers and Fixers</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Give Us Our Damned Data&#8221; Causes the First Meltdown in Awhile</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/07/31/give-us-our-damned-data-causes-the-first-meltdown-in-awhile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave DeBronkart Give Us Our Damned Data]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regina Holliday and Dr. Ted Eytan Photo compliments of R2DC on Flickr Regina Holliday&#8217;s husband, Fred, age 39, died of cancer in June 2009 leaving his wife, and his two young, beautiful children behind.  During their journey through the healthcare system to try to get Fred the help he needed, too many hurdles were put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism and MMR Link, Parents Fooled, Follow the Money, Then LISTEN</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/08/31/autism-and-mmr-link-parents-fooled-follow-the-money-then-listen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wakefield]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Deer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll begin this post by saying that I understand the basics &#8212; that many parents of children with autism believe that autism was brought on by vaccines.  And that scientific research has over and over again proven that link does not exist. Then I watched the Dateline / Matt Lauer interviews and exposé, A Dose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform &#8220;Senior Death Warrants&#8221; Email Should Be Put to Death Itself</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/09/healthcare-reform-senior-death-warrant-should-be-put-to-death-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/07/09/healthcare-reform-senior-death-warrant-should-be-put-to-death-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blamers and Fixers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health /Medical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As predicted, the fearmongering, half truths and out-and-out lies about healthcare reform have begun in earnest.  I received an email from a dear and respected friend yesterday and was appalled at the dis-information it contained. So I&#8217;ve decided to share the email with you and show you where it is wrong and why you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Doctor&#8217;s God Complex, a Life Nearly Lost</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/27/a-doctors-god-complex-a-life-nearly-lost/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/27/a-doctors-god-complex-a-life-nearly-lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blamers and Fixers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend and colleague, Franny, shared her story with me and caused my jaw to drop. Then, I realized it didn&#8217;t really surprise me at all. Having suffered months and months of treatment for his brain cancer, Asa&#8217;s life was almost lost due to the arrogance of the resident who was in charge of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Journalism and Truth</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/04/healthcare-journalism-and-truth/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/04/healthcare-journalism-and-truth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patient Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patientude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Sea of Broken Hearts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John James PhD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The following is reprinted with permission from John James, PhD, a patient safety advocate who came to his work after the loss of his son, Alex, to medical errors.  Dr. James publishes a monthly patient safety newsletter, and has written a book focused on what he learned about the dysfunction of America&#8217;s for-profit healthcare system. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Can We Learn from Susan&#8217;s Horrendous Hospital Stay?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/18/whatcan-we-learn-from-susans-horrendous-hospital-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/10/18/whatcan-we-learn-from-susans-horrendous-hospital-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No commentary needed here. See what my friend Susan shared with me about her recent experience: I had a routine colonoscopy, then 5 days later, I began to hemorrhage and passed out on the street corner. Some passerbys helped me and called an ambulance, but I ended up in the St XXX&#8217;s ER, one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daniel&#8217;s SPTCL Diagnosis is Suspect, Too</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/08/25/daniels-sptcl-diagnosis-is-suspect-too/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/08/25/daniels-sptcl-diagnosis-is-suspect-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blamers and Fixers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was (mis)diagnosed with SPTCL (subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lyphoma) in 2004, I was handed a book, published in July 2004, that stated that &#8220;fewer than 100 cases have been reported in the last decade.&#8221; Yeah &#8212; really, really rare. Because that&#8217;s a book used by oncologists all over the world. Then, from Fall 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Events &#8212; Shooting the Messenger</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/08/16/never-events-shooting-the-messenger/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/08/16/never-events-shooting-the-messenger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blamers and Fixers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patient Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Medicine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning October 1, 2008, Medicare, and many health insurance companies, will no longer pay hospitals for the additional services needed for patients who suffer from &#8220;never events.&#8221; Never Events, as defined by the National Quality Forum, are those events which should never happen to a patient.  There are 28 errors on the list ranging from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sea of Broken Hearts &#8211; Dad Posts About the Loss of Alex</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/07/29/a-sea-of-broken-hearts-dad-posts-about-the-loss-of-alex/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/07/29/a-sea-of-broken-hearts-dad-posts-about-the-loss-of-alex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blamers and Fixers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patientude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Sea of Broken Hearts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex James]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added another guest post this morning &#8212; one that will break your heart, too. John T. James, PhD, a dad &#8212; and now a fixer &#8212; posted about his son Alex, a seemingly healthy 19-year-old college runner who one day collapsed, was hospitalized, and died a few weeks later. The problem is, of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 2008 &#8211; Update on Randy Pausch</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/07/25/july-2008-update-on-randy-pausch/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/07/25/july-2008-update-on-randy-pausch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blamers and Fixers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Quality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patient Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Tools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pash]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trishatorrey.com/?p=455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(The post below was put online this morning at 8:15 EDT. An update at 10 AM &#8212; Randy Pausch died this morning. My prayers are with his family.) &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Because so many of you, my readers, have checked here to learn more about Randy Pausch, I bring to your attention a comment made by Claudia, [...]]]></description>
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